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Keys: 1). The ship was at the mercy of the storm.

2). Have mercy on us!

Ⅳ 重点词组 （旨在提供综合运用所需材料）

词组

1. pay attention to 注意

[典例]

1). Please pay attention to what I am saying. 请注意我说的话。

2). She turned her attention to a new problem. 她把注意力转移到一个新问题上。

[短语归纳]

catch sb's attention 吸引某人的注意draw attention to sth. 注意某事物

give one's attention to 注意......

[练习] 中译英

1). 报纸的大标题引起他的注意。

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2). 她要我注意报告中的一处错误。

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Keys: 1). A newspaper headline caught his attention.

2). She drew my attention to an error in the report.

2. die out（指物种）死光；灭绝, 火慢慢熄灭

[典例]

1). The moth's habitat is being destroyed and it has nearly died out. 这种蛾子因栖息地正受到破坏, 几乎绝种了。

[短语归纳]

die away减弱（以至觉察不到）；淡化 die down逐渐降低；减弱

be dying 垂死的 be dying for/to do sth.渴望

die of 死于（饥饿；病） die from死于（外界引起的）

die hard很难改变；顽固

[练习] 用die 构成的词组填空

1). The noise of the car ________ in the distance.

2). The old traditions are _________.

3). The man _________ a wound

4). I'm ________ something to eat.

Keys: 1). died away 2). dying out 3). died from 4). dying for

3. come into being形成；产生（不可用于被动语态或进行时态）

[典例]

Dinosaurs lived on the earth tens of millions of years ago, long before humans came into being.千百万年前，恐龙就在地球上生活，比人类的出现要早得多。

[短语归纳]

come into effect实施 come into use投入使用